Trump blacklists North Korea business interests in China, Russia

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"Treasury continues to systematically target individuals and entities financing the Kim regime and its weapons programs, including officials complicit in North Korean sanctions evasion schemes", Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

The North and South will stand together at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang next month under one flag, as Korea.

"What has enabled North Korea to skirt a lot of these sanctions is willing partners who are complicit in skirting the sanctions", Cruz said.

The official claimed Murray had "breathed a sigh of relief" following concerns over the impact the North Korean players would have on the South Korean squad.

If it does mark February 8 with a military parade, it would be the day before the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, set to kick off in South Korea's northeastern province of Gangwon, a challenge to the Moon Jae-in administration's effort to hold a "Peace Olympics".

The intensification of the USA -led campaign is a counterpoint to a thaw in relations between North and South Korea revolving around the North's participation in next month's Winter Olympics being hosted by the South. The minister noted that the South Korean government is aware that once South Korea and the USA kick off their joint military drills, the current situation could change, very quickly, to another vicious cycle of provocations and sanctions like over past two years. "I am glad the two Koreas could become one".

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The latest burning tensions (pun intended) reflect rising dissatisfaction with President Moon's seemingly unconditional extension of an olive branch towards North Korea, in return for North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Games, which he dubs the 'Peace Olympics'. "They need to be serious about denuclearization and we're not seeing that they are serious about denuclearization".

North Korea's history of talks with the South and the United States is rife with unkept promises and broken deals. -South Korea war games that have raised the ire of Pyongyang in the past. "The South Korean president's approval rating has dropped in recent days as well".

North Korea says it seeks a nuclear weapon that can reach the United States mainland to deter a possible American attack.

Washington has also led efforts at the UN Security Council to pass multiple rounds of sanctions against Pyongyang in response to their missile and nuclear tests in 2017.

But the exercises are due to resume after the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to reports. It said military drills with "outside forces" as being unhelpful - an apparent reference to joint U.S.

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